Tag: fuel subsidy
NLC releases dates for Mother of All protests against fuel subsidy removal
Rising up from an urgent meeting in Abuja on Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has fixed January 27 and…
82 CSOs support move to end oil subsidy
The coalition noted that the subsidy regime was unsustainable, adding that the best way to tackle the problem was to…
Petroleum marketers back FG on removal of petrol subsidy
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has backed the Federal Government’s plan to remove subsidy on Premium Motor…
Petrol price may hit N340 in 2022, FG mulls transport subsidy for poor Nigerians
Kyari said that the law provides that by the end of February 2022, the nation should be out of the…
Fuel Subsidy removal: The needless Furore
Mr President is in the eye of the storm recently for bravely realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy…
It’s unrealistic to continue with subsidy – Timipre Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said it's unrealistic for government to continue subsidising the Premium…
Mele Kyari: Ending fuel subsidy in the interest of ordinary Nigerians
Mele Kyari, the Group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said the decision to end the fuel subsidy…
IPMAN, others back removal of fuel subsidy
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and some other stakeholders have supported the removal of fuel subsidy.
Nigerian Govt has no plan to remove fuel subsidy – Minister
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Timipre Silva on Thursday assured Nigerians that the Federal Government has no immediate…
2020: Fuel subsidy to gulp N450bn – Finance minister
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning says under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly referred…
News commentary: Why Nigeria’s petrol subsidy policy is stupid
Once again, the appropriateness of maintaining a subsidy regime for petrol consumption is back in the news and the new…
Deregulate oil sector and scrap subsidy – Tinubu tells FG
Managing Director of Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Jubril Tinubu has called on Federal Government to take concrete steps towards deregulating…
Federal Govt. not removing fuel subsidy – Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday refuted media reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the…
NUPENG, PENGASSAN, urge FG to shun counsel on removal of fuel subsidy
Workers in the oil and gas sector on Sunday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to shun any counsel that would destabilise…
No plan to remove fuel subsidy now – Federal Govt
The Federal Government has again clarified its stance on the removal of fuel subsidy, saying it had no plan to…